Crossfield chronicle (1948-04-16)

CROSSFIELD CHRONICLE

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Vol. 1 — No. >

Approximately 75 grown-ups and
children attended the picture show
sponsored by the British and Foreign
Bible Society held in the United Church
on Friday last. These pictures were
well worth seeing and a lot of people
were disappointed when they heard
what they had missed.

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April 30th

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per box

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DRUG STORE

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If it’s a Trimming You
Want Visit

Norm’s Barber Shop

Oliver Hotel

CROSSFIELD, ALBERTA
A GOOD PLACE TO STAY

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CASE V.A. TRACTORS ARE now AVAILABLE

We have in stock T. 6 Manure Spreaders, Ham-
mer Mills and Weed Sprayers.

See the Seaman Tiller,
grass.

See it at

BILU’S Sales and Service

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Kill Those Weeds The 1

positive contro! of

FOR SALE — Netted Gem potatoes,
also kitchen range, oi] stove and al-
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_—— SROSSTTED, ALBERTA =

Local News.

R. J. Henrdy was visiting in town
for a day this week.
“ne © # @ @
Mrs. James has sold her house and
left with her son Russell to make a
new homie in Ontario.

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D. M. McLEAN,

Assistant Director, —
Line blevators Faim bdervice,
W innipegseM dnitoba.

Cereal Varieties In
Western Canada

For several years Line Elevator
country grain buyers in Manitoba,

@

the
Mrs,

George Poynter has a job on
farm of Keith Cochrane with
Poynter as the housekeeper.

Saskatchewan and Alberta have e+e ete
estimated the percentage ‘ol the Municipal District No. 49 unloaded

total acreage, in their own districts,

‘ a caterpillar and a bull dozer here
oceupied by different varieties ol tie Viet Sin , fatetot
wheat, oats and barley. On the ‘or use in the west district.
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basis of these estimates it 1s possible
to present a fairly accurate picture
of the cereal varicty situation in
Western Canada.

Manitoba. The farmers of Mani-
toba are sceding over 98% of theit
wheat acreage to the recommended
varieties Regent, Thatcher, Redman,
Renown, Carleton and Stewart. As
far the: oat erop is concerned,
about 82% of the total acreage is
sown to the recommended varictics
Ajax, Pixeter and Vanguard. More

The trouble with people who drink
like a fish that they don’t drin
what the fish do.

is

Mr, and Mrs. Art Starr have rented
part of the W. Walker dwelling and
have taken up residence there.

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Mr. and Mrs, T. M. Mair
were Crossfield visitors on Tuesday

as

of Calgary

of

than 90% of the Manitoba barley last week.

acreage is sown to the. following eee eee

ae nded varicties! O.A.C, 2 ;

recomm nded varietie ; \.C, 21. | Charlie Rowat is now back at. home

Mensurv, Plush, Sanalta and : a:

(Cartons € and jis slowly recovering from his re-
Saskatchewan. About 89%. of | cent operation.

the Saskatchewan wheat acreage is ene ees

sown, to the varieties. Thatcher,

Apex, Rescue, Regent and Redman.

yet to be called. a city dude, he re-!

‘Justice Rebekah Lodge

Friday,

A April. 16, 1948

Celebrates 30th Anniversary

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‘were welcomed by the N. G.

4

After their regular meeting on Mon-
day, April 12th, the local Justice Re-
bekah Lodge 62, held sway at a joint
social funciion in the Masonic Hall, It
was the occasion of the Lodge's 30th
Anniversaiy and the 129th An-
niversary of Oddfeliowship in America,
so they sought jointly to celebrate the
one and to commemorate the other. To
do this a gracious invitation was ex-
tended Oddfellows and their

near

to the

k | Seen together wtih their own fami-

Nearly assembled and
of Justice
Mrs, M. McCrimmon. Sister

O'Neil

fifty people
Lodge,

Thelma then presided

venor of this social function and called |
Presi- |

District
words

on each Past
dent for a few
light of her term of office.

Deputy
some high-
This was

of

| responded to by D.D.P. Sisters Thomp-

Laut, 3allam,

and poved

son, Fox, Jones,
and Lilley
at times.
lights on our lodge from it’s birth and

spoke of the having both a

very

honor of

George Ainscough is not ready just | Past President of the Rebekah As-

Non- recommended varieties — such sembly of Alberta and a Past Grand
as Marquis, Renown. and Garnet turned to the farm this week in readi- afater of the Grand Lodge of Albe:ta
account for most of the balance ness to help put the trop in. these in the persons of Mr. and“Mrs.
we peo canes Ns rere! ie He Ries anh ; Chas. Fox. She then voiced hér regrets
Vietory oectipy, about 04% ‘at ‘the wer, TOR Mawes ee Miss Freda that through illness, Mrs. Florence

Sa Jackson have been added to the staff wiis a charter member was unable

total acre: age: Saskatchewan farmers

are not following the official barley lof the local branch of ‘the

Canadian

recommendations very closely, In. | Bank of Commerce.
1947, for instance, only. 41% of + 0's 8.9%
je het igri was a to aoe The baby son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
olncainyv recommecndec varieties: { e r :

fei Mumby is a tie € ty hgs-
Plush, Titan, Hannehen, Regal and Be patient: ina Calgary ngs
Montcalm. ry pital where he has undergone an op-

Alberta. The recommended varie- | eration.
ties Red Bobs, Thatcher, Marquis,
and Reseue oceupy about 90% of
the Alberta wheat acreage. Garnet
wheat which is not recommended
accounts for most of the balance
Alberta farmers are following the
official oat and bariey recommenda-
tions almost exclusively. In 1947
for # instance. non - recommended
varieties occupied less than 5° of
the acreage in each case. ”

The results of ‘variety survevs
show that prairie farmers are hivhly
“variety’ conscious”. and readily e
arrept cereal varieties that nrornise
higher vields and better quality.

o..¢:6¢ € 6%

Stanley Matlock, local agent foy the
line of Watkin’s products has rented
the A. P. house and will move_ his
family from Calgary as soon as it is
re-decorated inside,

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Robert Laut. Sr. well known old timer
f the district and now residing at
Creston B, C.. was in town for a few,
days this week looking after ‘his in-
terests here.

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Dr, L. C. Allen, Health Officer and
J. Mooney, Sanitary Inspector of the
| Rosebud Health Unit were in town re-
cently checking up on the condition of

fadin lamp. A. ae ae vy,
a9 4 | the restaurants and other places.

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Farmers

are being put. to a gre:
deal of inconvenience by ‘not being
“ul as able to get the licenses for their trucks
K-SPRAY Way in. town,- They wonder: why it would
not have been just as easy to issue the
be With 32 Tt. Boom, Each $171.50 i licenses as it is to. issue them for aut
% With 26 ft. Boom, Each D6.5° «#4 ;
be fi. nn 7 |. . Mrs. Ke rdge and Mrs. Clayton
be With 20 ft. Boom, Each ; $144.50 x)! High arrived home on Sunday t
I Supply Tanks and Rarrels not supplied | from a trip to Vancouver and Nanai-
be ALSO 2,4-D CHEMICALS F. O. B. | mo, V./I..and report having visited
ze ea host of friends. and relatives and
; x}; had a wonderful time.
| YOUR LOCAL CO-OP STORE. 5)™3° ve, e,
a a : Ween 5 | The Crossfield Memoria] Centre sub_
Crossfield Alberta | scription list will be published again

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see ae

next week with the latest additions.
YOU would like to see your
it get in touch with
NOW!

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W. M, Davidson, C.PsR. Divisional
| Engineer was in town last Thursday
| looking over the flood situation and
figuring how to get the water from
the front street to the ditch on the
a 7 *
| Me Patm delivered a load of
bale hay to a Calgary feed store anc
found 15 farmers waiting to take
| very of it.’ The price was $2.50 |
| i e ind judging by the weight of
s0m oi tnem, it work 7 0u if in

If

name on

the canvassers

» Quack

east side of. the track. It has not been
decided yet just what will be done.

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Phone Bus. 13 hes, 39)
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|* 570,00 per ton.
BENS ALIFE LFS SLIP LG SRILA AHS ID DCNDC 9 De DE cds (a4 2e Oe 98 DERE ae 98 9-98 EDEL DE ae D6 a
. % ¢| Tommy Stamp has sd far been w
| e i farm foy the eoming se
W take up resic e in th
ts Va Lare hovse from. « e- he vy
ty me custom work wich his
+ Miss~Marie Hatten~ returned Y
ZONOL INSULATIO " : ndergone
INSTALL () ITE 0 _ n. Monday after having undergone an

Keeps out the summer heat -—- easy to install
A good stock on hand—See us now.

ATLAS LUMBER CO. LTD.

Phone | 15

and Say Goodbye to chilly, drafty rooms, and high fuel bills
ZOMAITE PAYS FOR_ITSELF FUEL SAVES i

H. R. muepeirick

eration in Calgary.

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34) An ‘Open letter-has been received in
own imviting anyone interested to take
mart in the Calgary Stampede parade
A meeting of representatives from all
places interested will be held on Wea-
1esday, April 24st at the Renfrew Club.
“hose attending will be the guests of
the Exhibition and Stampece Board at

VERMINPROOF -- KROTPR J
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The meeting will be held following.
4 Anyone with any ideas on the sub-
Crossfield

ri $k) HOUDINI NPR 24 HED 3890 HIRI May as soon as possible.

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linner which will be served at 6,00 p.m.

ject should get in touch with Harry

to attend and through bad yoads, Mrs.
Anna Ableman the only other charter

member was forced to stay at. home.
These were honored together with
other oldest members present, Sisters

Green and Thompson both having seen
service in the Rebekahs in the States
and Canada for nearly 40 years. Sister
Fox congratulated them and in so do-
ing pinned on each a corsage of roses,

Sister Violet Hurt, newly
D. D. P. was likewise honored. Each
spoke a few words of thanks.

Musicat selections by Walter Hurt |
and Walter Lilley were enjoyed at in-

tervals..
Charles Fox, P. G. M. was called |
on fora little talk aand his topic was

thoroughly enjoyed. Walter Lilley as |-
N. G. of the Crossfield Lodge thanked |
‘the Rebekahs for including the Odd-

fellows at their celebration and wished
them further fraternal happiness. Sis-

ter Mae Fox spoke..on behalf of her}

and tendered regrets at

to at

Anna
being unable

sister
for’ her own lodge and was enjoyed
usual.

Ihe April meeting of the. Home and

Schoo! Association held this week with
Rev. J.-R. B. Vance, Reex of the
Anglican Church of the Ascension as |
he guest speaker was’ too late for this |
issue and. will be ‘reported in next
wecks Chrenicle. The guest speak«
the May meeting wil] be the Hon, tas
Casey newly appointed minister. of ed- |
ucation who received his own high
school training in this same school.
oereas

A combined annual meeting of the
Fish and Game Association and the
Sports Club is to be held in the Curl- |

Rink on Monday next April 19th
at 800 p.m These are
important meetings being for the ele-
of officers fbr 1948 and the
dispesal of funds held by each organi-

ing

ction

as con- |

Oneil |
humorous }
Mrs. Oneil gave a few high-,

elected |

tend, she also spoke }

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as}

| Sisters
Robinson

and
from

Becker, Tweedle
made a special
Calgary for the occasion.
After this part of ‘the social even-
had concluded the party assembled in
the basement and enjoyed a few hands
a whist, honors going to Charles Fox
and Esher Richarcson these names
were drawn by the N. Grand of both
The tables were beautifully |
decorated with pink and green tapers
A huge biithday cake
of the lodge

Jones,
trip

Lodges

and cut flowers.
emblematic
by

was presented

Sister, Ballam who is noted

as an
expert decorator and cook.

Aftey a sumptuous lunch, ‘all .ad-
journed.after having spent a lovely
evening for which a great deal of

credit must go to N. G, Margaret M°-
Crimmon, V. G. Grace Budgeon and
| Sisters Thelma Onei]l and Mae Fox

| Ed Corkill intends to go farming

again this spring and will assist Scot‘x
Walker who is under the weather
put in his crip. He has rented his house
for the summer to Rudy Ronneberg.
driver of the Municipal grader.

to

HUSTON - WOOD NUPTIALS

A wedding of
place in Calgary on April 8th when
' Alice Mae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Huston of Ponoka and Gordon |
William eldest son. of Mr. and Mrs. W. |
_J, Wood of Crossfield were united in |
marriage. Rev. J. Rex Brown officiat- |
ed. Miss Beryl Thompson attended the ;
bride and Alllen Sharp supported the}
grocm. The happy couple will reside}
in Crossfield where Gordon the |
school bus route. }
Showe Honors Bride |

Over fifty guests gathered in the!
United Church parlor on Monday even-
ing to honor Mrs. Gordon Wood a re-
| cent bride with a miscellaneous shower.
A wonderful assortment of useful
gifts was wheeled into the parlor by |
| Beverely McGill and the guest of hon-
or and several of her friends were,
| kept busy for a little while cpening
the gifts and passing them atound for
the guests to admire,

The rest of the evening was spent
playing games after which a celicious
| lunch was served by the hostesses.
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loca] interest took

has

FOR SALE —
Barley Club
;- 92 -per
bushel

Montcalm Barley from
Germination
77-10348, $2.2

; Crossfie

seed
No
Levi mith

cent,

COUNCIL MEETINGS

The regular monthly. me yf
Village Counci] will be “a 1d 4

| FIRE HALL
First Monday of eax
month

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ELECTRICAL
SUPPLIES

We now have a complete stock of

Electrical Appliances, Radios, and
Batteries, also wiring accessories.
You will find the solution to your
electrical problems here.

GUARANTEED RADIO AND

ELECTRICAL SERVICE
BANNISTER ELECTRIC
Phone 34 Crossfield

—_—_

If you want to save money on your

Kitchen Cab{nets, see George. He
will do better than you ean do any-
Where else, Other cabine‘s ‘to suit
your taste

FIRST COME-—FIRST SERVED

| George Becker

:

All types of insurance
for all types of people ;

GORDON

AGENCIES
Phone 7, Crossfield

Crossfield Machine
Works

Machinists
JOHN DEERE
Sales and Service
Erices-Stratten Elerhant Brand
Engines Fertilizer

Welders

Phore 22

A. Hurt

For Action in
AUCTIONS
See

TOM DENCH

Auctioneer
Shorthorn Breeder

Phone 1304 - Carstairs

THE START W tt THE

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zation. The idea of a joint meet.ng
lying in the fact that the same men
belong to both and would save.-time
and travelling
The Elba ‘Red C;oss group met on
Wednesday, April 7th at the home of
Martha Hehr. Although our roads art
ety well blocked with snow and ice
nin members and one guest wer
present. Two food parcels were packeé
» send to England and one knitted
eater was handed in. The hostess
1-a delisious lunch to all present
n s were glad to hear that
Flischer ¥ back home and
f well and hoped she will
be att ing uy Red Ci
ther blizzard on Sunday afiern
ised havoc with th@ rdacs through
the distvict and caused a little
more worry fo the stockmen. Althoug!
feed is getting short the baling crews
can stil] find the odd stack to bale)
and ship out to where it is ne sded |

worse. We have heard of no losses of

stock but must admit that some herds,

are on the thin side and the first new
grass may knock a few of these over.
A few new born clves have been los!
through lack of shelter and after a
winter such as we have just
through the combine farmers have sad-
ly missed those straw. piles

been |

Phone :

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C ossfield,

MARSHALL- WELLS

ROSSFIELD CO-OPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Alberta

PAINTS
VARMISHES
ENAMELS

FOR MANY YEARS THERE HAS BEEN considerable interest in this
country in the complétion of an up-to- date highwety, linking Canada from
the East to the West coasts. There are some parts of the present trans-
Canada highway which compare favorably with any roads to be found on
this continent, but in other sections it falls far short of modern standards
for all-weather highways. Canada is a very large country, and ‘the trans-
continental highways must, of necessity pass through many miles of sparse-

_ly-populated land, where there would be little other than long-distance traf-
tic. The construction of modern, hard-surfaced roads requires a great deal
ot labor and involves the expenditure of large sums of money. During the
war, and in the years which have followed, labor has been scarce and con-
ditions have not been favorable to commencing a roads project of the extent
of a coast-to-coast highway

* + * * .

There are, however, many who favor the building of
Many Favor = such a road as soon as conditions are opportune for
such an undertaking, Recently, a delegation represent-
Such A Road ing the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, waited upon
the Honorable J. G.’Glen, Dominion Minister of Mines and Resources: in con-
nection with this matter, and informed him that the Chamber of Commerce
believes that the present traws-Canada road facilities are inadequate. “A
modern, hard-surfaced highway would be a great asset in helping to unify
the United States and Canada, increasing tourist traffic, and for purposes
of national defense,” the spokesman for the delegation stated. The com-
pletion of an up-to-date highway system from the Atlantic to the Pacific
by Federal and Provincial governments, to be undertaken when conditions
are favorable, was advocated by these delegates on behalf of their organ-
ization a a
It has been pointed out frequently by interested
An Advantage organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce,

To Canada that it would be to the advantage of the whole of

Canada to build and maintain a fine highway across
the country. Tourists have become the basis of a new and flourishing in-
dustry here, and good roads have come to be recognized as not only a con-
venience to the local population, but Also as a source of revenue from tour-
ist traffic, At present there is no direct conn¢ction between Eastern and
Western Canada by means of a first-class motor road, and as a result, much
money is lost to this’ country each year because motorists travelling be-
tween the East and the West must travel a considerable part of the way
in the United States, if they are to have a hard-surface highway all the
way. The building of an up-to-date trans-Canada highway would undoubt-
edly be a great asset to the country and it is to be hoped that one may
be completed as soon as conditions are opportune for such an undertaking.

76,738 Homes Built |FUNNY ana
In Canada In 1947 — one
OTHERWISE

OTTAWA. — An estimated, number
Newlywed Husband: “Do you

of 76,738 dwelling units were com-
mean to say there’s only one course

pleted in Canada during 1947, the do-|

minion bureau of statistics announc-

ed. for dinner tonight? Just cheese?”
Wife: “Yes, dear. You see, when

the chops caught fire and fell into
the dessert, I used the soup to put
it out.”

This brings the total number of
dwelling units completed in the first
three post-war years to almost 200,-
000, the bureau said. In 1947 74 per
cent. of the dwelling units were built
in ‘metropolitan and. other urban
municipalities.

* * * *

“Hello, hello! Who is it?”

“Albert.”

“Who?” I can’t hear you.”

“Albert. A for apple, L for
Lionel, B for Bertram, E for Ed-
ward, R for Robert, T for Tom-
mie.”

“Yes, but which of you boys

SLEEP . . ... ase

is ee:
4 ZB. l é f Client: ‘ie you think you can

make a good portrait of my wife?”
If zou don't sleep well

The earliest libraries were probably |
temples.

Artist: “My friend, I can make
it so lifelike that you’ll jump every
time you see it.”

* * * ”

Johnny had given the rather
surprising information that De-
cember, January and February
were the harvest months,

“Who told you that?” asked
the teacher,

failing to cleanse the
blood of poisons and
excess acids—your rest is likely suffering
too. Then is the time to use Dodd's
Kidney Pills. Dedte bere yew heaetve get
rid of trouble- poisons and acids— “My father, miss,” said Johnny.
help restore to normal action. See “He’s. a plumber.”

how much beter you ret a ight —bew s* © @

much brighter you feel in the morning Percy — “She didn’t remember
end use Dodd's 7 Pils today. 145 me! And only last summer we

_Dodds Kidney Pills“:

Reggy—‘‘That’s just like a wom-
Sanaa an, old chap—they never can re-
member a joke!”
* * * ”
“Waiter, did I leave my um-
brella here yesterday?”
“What kind of an umbrella?”

With a record of 50 years as a most satis
factory treatment for piles or hemorrhoids,

yaw Gn, aerey erie “Oh, ary kind; I’m not fussy.”
Dr. Chases-Ointment | eh die

Two young doctors met for the
first time since they were at col-
lege together.

“I’m spécializing in nerve treat-
ment,” said one.

“And have you had any. suc-
cess?’’ asked the other,

“T should say so,”’ was the reply.
“When I had finished with my last
patient he asked me to lend him
ten pounds.”

Are you going thru the functional ‘middle-
age’ period peculiar to women (38-52 yrs.)?
Does this make you suffer from hot flashes, <p Amis Bes

feel so nervous, high-strung, tired? ‘Then
po try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound torelievesuchsymptoms! Pinkham’s
Compound also has what Doctors call a
stomachic tonic effect!

LYDIA E. » PORRAN'S hesatana

A recruit was being given an
intelligence test in the army,

“What would happen if one of
your ears was cuf off by a bay-
onet?” asked the examiner,

“I couldn't hear so well.”

“What would happen if your
other ear was cut off?”

“I couldn’t see,”

“What do you. mean?”

“My hat would fall down over
my eyes.”

More Penetrating !
More Effective for

RASHES! PIMPLES!
IRRITATIONS!
because it's lanolinized

7 . ” ”

Mrs. Black stopped to talk to her
friend, and her husband waited a
short distance away, Presently she
rejoined him. A

“H'm,” he said, ‘and what was
Mrs, Brown talking about?”

“Business,” she said off-handed-

Scientific medicinal in-
gredients are blended
with lanolin, That's
why GERMOLENE pene- ly
trates so ecasily— y

soothes itching, burn “Oh, Yes, I know,” murmured

~The Trans-Canada Highway |

ing, smarting irritation
quickly—helps heal
rapidly! Apply also to
eczema, ulcers. Not messy,

| her husband, “but whose?”

QUITE A VARIETY

REGINA.-—Items reported lost or
stolen to the Regina police depart-
ment during 1947 included an upper
plate from a set of false teeth, a
garden gate, a fire extinguisher, three
roosters, a box of chocolate biscuits
and an oil burner that fell from a
truck. 2769}

Buy today or write for
free introductory tin to
Dept. 10G, 292 Richmond
St. West, Toronto.

THE CHRONICLE,

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LIGHT

RSS MODERATE
GH SEVERE

ALBERTA

° CALGARY

The above map shows predicted grasshopper infestations in Saskatchewan and Alberta
next summer, and indicates the relative severity. of the attacks in different areas,

ERIODICALLY, Canada‘s Prairie
Grain belt is devastated by se-
vere grasshopper plagues. Before fed-
eral and provincial entomologists
started to study this particular pest,
farmers had little knowledge or ad-
vance notice of these scourges, but
today much is known and farmers
are warned in advance when extra
severe outbreaks are expected.

This year, entomologists of the Do-
minion Department of Agriculture at
laboratories in Lethbridge, Saskatoon
and Brandon, and in co-operation
with the provincial entomologists,
have mapped out the areas where
serious hordes of grasshoppers can
be expected to attack farmers’ grain
crops.

In the accompanying map, the areas

CROSSFIELD, ALTA.

in which outbreaks will be severe,
moderate and light, are shown for
the western half of Saskatchewan
and the lower part of Alberta, There
are also a few areas in Manitoba
where a light emergence of grasshop-
pers is expected, but it is in Saskat-
chewan that the worst outbreaks are
feared,

With the provincial authorities in
the lead, farmers both in Saskatche-
wan and Alberta can do much to
ward off the worst effects of these
grasshopper outbreaks, Poison bait
will be available through municipali-
ties and local improvement districts,
and there will also be leaflets as well
as bait supplies and _ instructions
available from your agricultural rep-
resentative. Farmers themselves must

Canada’ Ss War
Book Started

OTTAWA. — Preparation of Can-
ada’s Second World War book of re-
membrance—a detailed, precise task
expected to take five years—has been
started here by Lt.-Cmdr. Allan D.
Beddoe, 54-year-old sailor-artist.

The book will contain some 45,000
names. of fallen Canadian service
men, compared with 66,651 names in
the First World War book, now in
the quiet sanctuary of the Memorial
Chamber in the parliament buildings’
peace tower.

No decision has been made on the
ultimate location of the second book.

The memorial chamber, a small
peaceful room of which the first book
is the centre, is devoted wholly to the
deeds of Canada’s First World War
forces. Its solid, intricately-carved
stone work depicting First World
War scenes and emblems might not
easily be altered to accommodate
tokens of the recent conflict.

The first book took 10 years ‘to
complete, the work being delayed by
the death of the artist when he had
only one of the 600-odd pages illumi-
nated.

Lt.-Cmdr. Beddoe, who completed
the decoration of the first book, is in
charge of the new work.

He served with the R.C.N.V.R. dur-
ing the Second World War.

The first part of his new work—
compilation of a card series on which
appear the names to be inscribed in
the book by hand—is under way. The
names will be listed by year of death.

The new book, about 450 pages will
be of rare vellum, a sheepskin ma-
terial manufactured in England. The
first 100 sheets already have been
received here.

The exact boundaries of Saudi Ara-
bia are indefinite, but the country
contains more than 800,000 square
miles.

Even for double the
price you can’t buy
anything better than

Bus Made 30- Hour

Grasshopper “Storm” Signals Are Out
SASKATCHEWAN

& PRINCE ALBERT

Dash To Meet Deadline

PENTICTON.—Bus service by Col-
umbia Coachways Ltd. is in opera-
tion here, but it was a race against
time and the elements to get it
started, :

A year ago the company was
granted a franchise to operate a bus
service with January 23, 1948, as a
time limit, and postponed a $3,000
bond as good faith.

January 21 the company got deliv-
ery of its first bus—in Vancouver.
Over winter roads company men
drove in a 30-hour dash to get the
bus on Penticton streets before the
deadline.

Now, City Couneil has decided the
company substantially complied with
its agreement to provide service, and
returned its $3,000 bond.

11-YEAR-OLD VANCOUVER
BOY MAKES SOLO FLIGHT

VANCOUVER. — A _ silver mono-
plane took off from Vancouver air-
port, climbed to 1,000 feet, circled
the field and made a perfect landing.

Out stepped John Davies, 1630 Sal-
isbury, believed the youngest solo
flier in B.C. air history.

John, an 11-year-old Vancouver
boy, has been flying for 20 months.
But he won't be able to get a licence
for another six years.

The trip was his first solo flight.
It drew praise from his Vancouver
U-Fly instructor, Ed Bell, who said
John was a better pilot after eight
hours dual instruction than most
adults.

The lad is the second in his family
to take to the air, His mother, Mrs.
W. G. Davies, won five hours flying
instruction as second prize in a
“Learn to Fly” contest last August.

PHILIPPINES TO FIGHT =~
DROUGHT WITH DRY ICE

MANILA, — The Philippines Gov-
ernment plans to fight a drought in
the sugar producing areas of negros
and occidental provinces by bombard-
ing clouds with dry ice to bring rain,
it was reported,

A government spokesman said the
drought threatened newly planted
sugar cane.

BOY BITES DoG
COURTENAY, B.C.—Master Rob-
bie Woods bit his cocker spaniel pup
on the nose and his parents rescued
the dog before further damage could
be inflicted. Robbie is only 18 months
old,

WASHINGTON, — The United
States population reached a high
of 145,340,000 at the start of this
year after 1947 proved the big-
gest single year of growth in
history. A record number of
babies, 3,908,000 were born in
1947.

Continuance of a low death
rate and a net immigration of
about 215,000 persons also helped
the net boost last year.

LEFTOVERS
TRAGSEURMEe

Last night's
leftover roast
makes tonight’s
“Magic” Meat Rolls

2 ths. soft butter

1 cup chopped leftover meat
get busy and organize in preparation jaa ms sag onions

for bait spreading and should watch ates. Magic Baking Powder

for the hatching reports from district 4 tsp. salt
officials 4 ths. shortening
, %{ cup milk, or half milk and water
The above map was supplied by the Mix meat, onion, butter. Sift to-
Dominion Entomological Office, Leth-

gether dry ingredients, mix in
bridge, Alta. Rainfall will have some shortening; add liquid to make soft
bearing on the damage.

WEYBURN

dough. Turn on floured board;
knead lightly. Roll \ inch thick,
spread with meat mixture. Rolllike
jelly roll, cut in slices. Bake on
baking sheet in hot oven (475° F.)
for about 14 minutes. Serve with
tomato sauce,

Canadian Maple Trees
Planted At Nurses’ Rest
Home In Britain

VANCOUVER.—Three maple trees,
flown from Canada were planted by

Princess Alice when she officially
opened a nurses’ rest home in Bri-
tain. Many of the furnishings for
this retreat in the country for nurses
injured during the last war, were
provided by ‘nurses in this Dominion.

This was described by Miss Grace
M. Fairley when she spoke to Wom-
en’s Auxiliary to Vancouver General
Hospital recently.

The Canadian Nurses’ Association
has contributed $20,000 as a rehabili-
tation fund for British civilian nurses
unable to carry on. Some have re-
ceived courses to refit them for earn-
ing their own living, others have
been varied help.

a Crown Brand Corn
Syrup is good for me. Sure,
the doctor recommends
Crown Brand Corn Syrup as
part of my diet.

BUT—why tie it down to me?

How about the way you use Crown Brand for wonderful
baking? For a sweetener? And why not mention how
delicious it is with pancakes, cereals and hot waffles?

You can't kid me, mom, Crown Brand Corn Syrup ig
good for all of us!

For years doctors have recommended
the use of Crown Brand Corn Syrup
as a satisfactory carbohydrate acting
as a milk modifier for bottle-fed infants;

CROWN BRAND
CORN SYRUP

Also Manufacturers of Canada Corn Starch

THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LIMITED — MONTREAL — TORONTO
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NATIVES ARE MADE VITAMIN CONSCIOUS—New Guinea natives
are food conscious, anxious to know the best foods to eat for health, Marg-

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MOVE INDIAN VILLAGE FROM BRANTFORD FOR SPORTSMEN’S , Lookout and Wild Horse.
SHOW — A whole Indian camp moved from the Six Nations reserve at

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Head of the village is Chief Gray Skye, (right).

; ] He The group brought tepees, skinning blocks, c i 2 -
aret McArthur, girl member. of an Australian scientific expedition, reports.| Brantford, Ont., to the Canadian National Sportsmen’s show in Toronto. F 8 epees, skinning blocks, cooking pot and other equip

Ditt staples include sago, grubs, yams,

Little Beaver, (centre), is a lacrosse stick expert and his companions are

j | interviewer, when Barbara Ann Scott.met press in Mont-
: ; real, was Martin MacDonald, 12, seeking a job on com-
ae : j} |munity centre paper, The grinning young newspaperman

ture. Happiness above everything is the ambition of the
smiling ice queen. Ottawa, Barbara Ann's home town,
accorded her a civic welcome when Prime Minister King
was on hand to grect her.

en as Mrs. Harry Newton and daughter Mary were |
bringing home the pork sausage made from the trim-
mings of one hog.

discovery of a blaze by nine-year-old
Carol Brammer, Toronto, Ont., gave
nine occupants of a three-storey
house time to flee the burning struc-
ture. Carol's father, Edwin Bram-
; mer, raced upstairs through billow-
' 3 : F i ing smoke and rescued Mrs, Nellie
, i 4 ’ Segriff, a cripple, from her second-
oh: purges ig: i omega y pase storey room. Carol is shown here
Rv. Ak, MIRACLE TREATMENT FOR INSANE—A new radical and| with ‘her mother.
near-mivacle surgical technique for treating “incurable” mental patients
was revealed recently by doctors at the Western Washington State hospital
in Seattle, Wash. The new method, called trans-orbital lobotomy, has al-
ready been performed on 41 patients at the hospital, with ‘‘very worth- |
while’ changes in 80 per cent. of the cases treated, Here, Drs. W. S. Keller
(seated), hospital superintendent; James G. Shanklin (centre), and Charles
H. Jcnes, who have performed the new operation, lock Over before and after
pictures of patients who have undergone the new surgical treatment.

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MAKING FRIENDS—The farmer
in this picture is practising the
“Make Friends of Your Pigs” advice
JEWISH HADASSAH HOSPITAL ATTACKED BY ARABS—This is| given by an expert swineman to an
the Jewish Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, Palestine, which was attacked|Ontario meeting recently, Handled
by a large party of Arabs, touching off. a battle in which two Arabs were | carefully and kindly from their early

killed and 14 Arabs and Jews were wounded, The battle was marked by a|days the young shoats will grow into
series of heavy explosions, which resulted from the use of mortar bombs|bulky carcasses to fill bacon con-
by the opposing forces, 2769' tracts profitable to growers,

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BARBARA ANN SHARES THE LIMELIGHT — Ace |

NO WONDER these two black cats are intrigued managed to gain almost as much attention as Barabara| §
with yards and yards of sausage! This picture was tak- Anit as he confidently questioned her regarding: her 'fu- |

CHILD GIVES ALARM — Timely

ment right into the show,

Mrs. Leo Emery And Prov, Cons. A. L. Robertson i 4

APPEAL CHILD ABANDONING DECISION — De- SXES JEWISH HOMELAND WITHIN YEAR—"De-
| fence counsel are preparing to appeal conviction of Mrs.| spite every lamentable British obstacle and despite the
Edna Emery and her husband, Leo Emery of Ottawa, on | inadequate concern of my own government,” the new
charges of failing to provide for their children. The} Jewish state will be established in Palestine before the
magistrate sentenced the 29-year-old mother to the Merc-|end of the year, stated Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, New
er reformatory for women in ‘l'oronto for five months.| York, president of the World Jewish Congress. Dr.
| The father, Leo Emery, is to go to the Ontario reforma- | Wise, shown at right, was interviewed in Toronto, Ont.,
tory at Guelph for five months definite and one month in-|where he installed Rabbi Maurice L. Perlzweig, (left),
| definite. in his new congregation.

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BRITAIN COMPLETES WITHDRAWAL OF POWER FROM INDIA—King’s and regimental colors are dip-
ped in salute to India as the last serving battalion, the ’First Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, marches in fare-
well parade in Bombay before embarking on the Empress of Australia for voyage home. The troops are march-
ing into the Gateway of India, The sub-continent now is two dominions, India and Pakistan.

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PASSENGER TRAIN CRASHES INTO STANDING FREIGHT—Bud Hayes, trainman, (left), was thrown
through glass door, suffered slight shock when Toronto-Detroit flyer hit a standing freight near Thamesville, Ont.
Passengers were shaken up. Four box cars were reduced to splintered wood by impact, Engine of crack train
hit broken switch and plowed into freight, None of coaches was damaged,

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Finding Life Lonely

Leper Colony On Bentinck Island

Has Dropped To Three Persons

VICTORIA.—The leper colony on

tiny Bentinck Island, 18 miles south

of Victoria in the Straits of San Juan de Fuca, has now dwindled to three
persons and they are finding life lonely. A small party of newspaper men
visited the island recently, with the permission of federal authorities, and
interviewed the residents. Two Orientals and a matronaly white woman,
formerly a missionary, are Dr. Bertram Jenkins’ only patients. He is the

medical officer for the colony.
Houses Vacant

There are 10 neat, rain-washed
cottages of sombre hues for the use
of lepers, and three of these are oc-
cupied.

On the reporters’ first visit to a
leper’s home, they were greeted by
a middle-aged, motherly woman. She
explained that she had a cake in the
oven “for the boys”’—the two other
patients, a Chinese and a Japanese.

She had contracted the disease
while a missionary in foreign service.
One day she noticed a slight loss of
sensation in her left leg and consult-
ed the doctor. It was leprosy,

“I don’t mind being alone or iso-
lated. It -is being cast out that
hurts,” she said. “Why should we
not be allowed to live in an institu-
tion like a tuberculosis sanatorium?
If peoplé knew that we lived normal-
ly it might make a difference. Their
attitude is so cruel+-so wrong.” '

No leper has ever died of the dis-
ease, medical official said, but are |
taken of a secondary ailment. Two
have died on Bentinck from old age, |
one over 80.

Hopes: For Company

The Chinese said he hoped another
Chinese would come to Bentinck “to
keep me company”. “If I am not
here when he come, he read about
me up there,”’ he laughed, pointing to
a rough piece of beechwood recording
in Chinese red letters the history of
10 lepers who have died on the is-
land. He has been on Bentinck 11
years, having contracted the disease
in a Canadian shingle mill.

Dr. Jenkins said there had never
been a case where leprosy was con-
tracted by a nurse, caretaker or visi-
tor on the island, where no person
under 21 is allowed.

Supplies, wood and medical re-
quirements are brought from Van-

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of TOPICS

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INTEREST
FIND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT
FOR UNDULANT FEVER

Investigations carried out over a
10-year period in the laboratories and
clinics of the University of Minnesota
Hospitals indicate that combined
treatment with streptomycin and sul-
fadiazine is’ more effective against
human brucellosis (undulant fever)
than any other known therapy.

Writing in a recent issue of the
Journal of the American, Medical As-
sociation, four physicians report the
cases of more than 30 patients with
active brucellosis whom they studied
and observed, and whose treatment
they directed. The doctors are Wes-
ley W. Spink, M.D., Wendell H. Hall,
M.D., James M. Shaffer, M.D., and
Abraham I. Braude, M.D., from the
Division of Internal Medicine, Univer-
sity of Minnesota Hospitals and Medi-
cal School, Minneapolis.

Exceeded in importance by only
three other communicable diseases—
tuberculosis, syphilis and gonorrhea
—undulant fever has baffled medical
men for many years. The Brucella
organism is. transmitted to humans
by contact with diseased hogs, goats
or cews, or by drinking unpasteuriz-

couver Island by Government launch-
es which ply back and forth three or
four times weekly. Letters leaving
the island are sealed in a container
containing formaldehyde fumes for 12
hours.

The third patient is a 26-year-old
Nisei (Canadian-born Japanese), and
he looks like any healthy youth. The
disease affects only one leg and since
settling on the’ isle his weight has
risen from 130 to 160 pounds,

The humane and understanding
manner with which the lepers are
treated by Dr. Jenkins and his staff
ig reflected in the regard in which
they are held by the patients, The
lepers feel ‘at home” as much as
their isolated circumstances permit.

Dr. Jenkins said chief handicap
was a lack of recreational equipment.
Even a small movie projector would
be welcomed,

Japanese Now
Free To Travel

But Will Need Permit

ed milk. The forms which the dis-
ease takes are extremely variable,
and even after apparent recovery the
Brucella organism may rerffain in the
patient’s tissues. Relapse and recur-
rence of symptoms have therefore
been common,

The four doctors report that in
both acute and chronic brucellosis
cases, a sulfadiazine -streptomycin
combination brought the most satis-
factory results. Also, patients whose
symptoms pointed to brucellosis as
the most probable diagnosis respond-
ed well to the combined therapy, al-
though the presence of Brucella or-
ganisms in their tissue or body fluids
had not been proved. The treatment
also was effective in cases with seri-
ous complications of brucellosis.

It had been attempted previously
to treat the disease with sulfonamide
or with streptomycin, separately, but
without success. Only simultaneous
treatment. with both showed satisfac-
tory results,

| GEMS OF THOUGHT

To Enter British Columbia

OTTAWA. — Japanese in Canada,
their movements tied down for six
years, now are free to travel at will
anywhere east of the Rockies.

But they still may not go into Brit-
ish Columbia without a permit of the
type they previously needed for
movement of any kind.

In discussing this relaxation of re-

DEFENSE

By desiring what is perfectly good
,..We are part of the power against
evil, widening the skirts of light and
making the struggle with darkness
narrower.—George Eliot.

Meekness excludes revenge, irrita-
‘bility, morbid sensitiveness, but not

strictions in the Commons, Labor self-defense, or a quiet and steady
Minister Mitchell also made clear the| maintenance of right.—Theophylact.

government intends to continue for
another year from March 31 the re-
maining restrictive. powers at its
command,

Besides the permit provision for
travel in B.C. the chief of these other
restrictions is that barring persons 0:
Japanese descent from getting fish-
ing licenses in that province or serv-
ing on vessels operating out of its
ports.

Provision for this continuation is|>=

embodied in the government's legis-
lation, for extending its emergency
powers until March 31, 1949.

Mr.. Mitchell aso tabled an order
providing for the government to con-
tinue until March 31, 1950, part of
its financial assistance to Japanese
evacuated in wartime from the West
Coast province to Alberta.

Though not fully lifting the ties
from Japanese travel, the new relax-
ation represents a long step from the
previous position, Under the war-
time order, persons of the Japanese
race could not move anywhere in
Canada without a permit from the
Labor department, and they were
subject to be ordered to any place
the department considered they
should move. ,

BELATED SHOPPER
BOSTON. — When a customer or-
dered two pairs of “Brazilian lisle

stockings” at a department store, the Stat

puzzled clerk learned through quea-
tioning that the hosiery had been ad-

Evil thoughts, lusts, and malicious
purposes cannot go forth, like wan-
dering pollen, from one human mind
to another, finding unsuspected lodg-
ment, if virtue and truth build a

¢ | Strong defence.—-Mary Baker Eddy.

There is between my will and all
offences
A guard of patience.
— Shakespeare

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BARBARA’S HOME COMING HAT—“Fiendish” hat worn by Barhara |
Ann Scott, world’s woman figure skating champion, for her home coming |
brought gasps from women, A tiny black umbrella surmounts the red rose |

on her off-the-face white straw hat.

British Columbia’s victory in the
about a wave of enthusiasm in Vanco
a five-sheet rink costing $100,000.

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Arcadia, Calif. — A life-size bronze statue of jockey George Woolf, |

known to the turf as “The Iceman” because of his cool nerve, will be erect- | /@nds is nothing like as wasteful (in|

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Dominion curling ic has brought |
uver, They’re talking riow of building |

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ed in Santa Anita park near the bronze memorial of Seabiscuit. . Woolf, |

born at Cardston, Alta., was killed at Santa Anita when his mount, Please

Me, stumbled on a turn in 1946.
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Heavyweight champion Joe Louis and Britain’s Tommy Farr refought

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their world title bout of 11 years ago—over a late breakfast in London re-

cently. While munching a solid meal of fruit jui¢e, bacon and eggs, hot
rolls and coffee, the two fighters discussed all 15 rounds of their last ring

meeting in New York, Aug. 30, 1937.
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There are eight players currently starring in -the National Hockey | body if they were allowed to pep up

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| find that thé present division of the!

,er) as some people suppose. Anyway,
{I am all against letting the atomic
'scientists tinker about with the cli-|

|Mmies recently without upsetting the

THIS GOOD EARTH AND WHAT
IT CAN DO FOR US

a

Extracts from an Address by Professor George H. T, Kimble,
head of the Geography Department of McGill University, to the
Royal Canadian Institute of Architects, in Ottawa,

Wrest does a geographer discover
about this earth of ours when.
he begins to look at it from the geo-
graphical—I might even call it the
neighborly—point of view ?

He discovers that it is a pretty
good earth. In spite of all the man-
handling it has had, and all the
abuse, it still abounds in noble pros-
pects and physical satisfactions—in
things that are “pleasant to the sight
and good for food”.

It still yields its increase in due

season, and it can still bring forth
abundantly. After more than 6,000
years of continuous cropping, the
lands of the Nile Delta today support
a denser population than ever before.
The same is substantially true of the
Ganges Valley, and of the master
streams of China where many an ir-
rigated area is annually coaxed into
| producing three separate, and size-
; able, harvests. Scarcely less impres-
| sive is the record of the fenlands and
| polders of Western Europe, where, in
| Spite of a capricious climate and_|
perennial drainage problems, the)
farmers think nothing of threshing
60 to 80 bushels of wheat to the
acre.

The truth of the matter is that}
most of us are still a long way from
realizing just how good the earth is.
Even the deserts of the earth are
good for something. It would not be |
difficult to show, for eXample, that
without the ice caps of the Arctic}
the climates of Southern Canada and |
New England would be very much
drier than they ‘are, and much less
stimulating to mind and body. Simi-

{ larly, with the warm deserts of the)

THE SPORT WORLD

world: have not they played a lead-.
ing role in the evolution of those.
civilizations from which we ditaw our |

moral and spiritual standards?
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For myself, I believe that, if we

had but the wit to see it, we should

earth into hot and cold, dry and wet |

terms of population-supporting . pow-

mates of the* “not-s0-good” lands.
They have made quite enough ene-

Eskimo and the Arab. And who is
to say they would not upset every-

League who have performed in hockey’s major circuit for 10 or more years. | the atmgspheric circulation occasion-

four of these players, Syl Apps, Toronto; Neil Colville, Rangers; Jack
Crawford, Boston, and Turk Broda, Toronto; are presently playing in their

Head man in the seniority section is Phil Watson of New
York, who is now in his 13th year in the N.H.L. eit

10th season.

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Buddy O’Connor and Max Bentley, ace centres of New York Rangers
and Toronto Maple Leafs respectively, are disproving the theory that you
have to be big and tough to star in the National Hockey League. O’Connor

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and Bentley who both weigh exactly 145 pounds and are the lightest players |
in the League have led the N.H.L. scoring race for the greater part of the |
current campaign. They are both particularly clean players and make very
few trips to the penalty box. In the six previous seasons O’Connor spent
a total of 22 minutes in the “penitential pew” and Bentley in five seasons

spent a total of 28 minutes in the “sin-bin”.

Airplanes Used To
Feed Starving Game

DUBOIS, Pa.—A 20th century ver-
sion of manna from heaven provided
food for deer, wild turkeys and other
game in eastern Clearfield county
this winter.

An aerial feeding project organized
by sportsmen and airmen enabled the
game to eat*despite heavy snow.

Six planes dropped more than two
tons of corn into dense cover. Oper-
ating as the Aero-Feed club, the
group carried on its errands of mercy
even to the risk of landing on fields
covered with nearly a half foot of
snow.

CURRENCY “GROWS” IF
BOYS JUST KEEP IT

MEMPHIS, Tenn.— Two days
before Christmas an unidentified
woman gave marked dollar bills
to five newsboys and told them,
“to keep this. It might mean
something to you.” i

Now she has made the rounds
again, Two boys still had their
dollars. She handed each a $10

bill and said.
“Keep that till July 4 and then
see what happens.”

BEFORE AND AFTER PRUNING—Photos of a fou
ion, Vineland, Ont., taken before and after p °

and a nuisance in cultural operations, were removed.

fore, little or no need for pruning area.
Vertised in a local newspaper in 1941.' open when the fruit crop weighs & eae

The
down

National ‘Health
Scheme Sooner
Than Expected

TORONTO.—Hope that a national
health scheme would be announced
“sooner than most people anticipate”
was expressed by Hon. Paul Martin, |

Minister of National Health and Wel-.

fare, in an interview here,

“The scheme will be fundamentally |
the same as was presented at the
Dominion-Provincial, Conference in
1945,” he added, Cost, if adopted by |
all provinces, would be $250,000,000, |
of which the Domirion Government}
would pay 60 per cent. or $150,000,-
000. The balance would be met from.

| payments by provincial governments |

and individuals participating. |

Earlier Mr. Martin told the annual
meeting of the Toronto branch of the |
Canadian Red Cross that Federal, |
provincial and municipal governments
in 1947 spent $800,000,000 in social |
welfare and security, /

To raise the standards of living in|
the British territories of Africa, Brit-|
ain is spending $220,000,000 under a}
10-year development and welfare plan |
to reach its zenith in 1955. }

| tions of Mesopotamia have no modern

jestation marked the commercial hey-

ally? Heaven forbid that.

“The Government should assume

the fate of skies’ estate.

Or that Congress should start a

filibuster

On when to clear and when to

bluster,

They'd still be at it in ‘49

Half for rain and half for shine!’ |

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The second thing we discover about
this earth is that it is highly expend- |
able. Thanks to human folly and|
abuse, large parts of it are no longer
as good as they used to be. Not!
every country has succeeded in emu-)
lating the Nile Delta, the Ganges and
the Fenlands. The ancient civiliza-

counterpart: their cities have become
the habitation of jackals and a court |
for owls, ‘Petra and Palmyra, Tyre)
and Sidon have long since perished |
in the dust, while barely a battalion |
of cedars stand guard over the hills
of Lebanon, Similar orgies of defor-

day of Greece and Rome, of the me-
dieval Italian cities, and of Spain and
Portugal —to the. grievous impover-
ishment of succeeding generations.
The same smash-and-grab mental-
ity characterized the early immigrant

‘into the Americas, to South Africa

and Australia, with results that do

Helpful Hints

Cape collars on coats are new, very
smart and very popular. They are
appearing on many of the new wrap-
ped toppers.

7 *- * °

To wash delicate lace, place it in
a jar half-filled with sudsy water and
shake,. Replace with clear water for
rinsing. A good idea for nylons too.

* * ” - .

To cut flower stalks use a sharp
knife-and cut stalks on a long slant,
In this way water absorption is in-
creased. Never use a dull knife on
the stalks, as it will crush them and
limit water absorption.

7 * 7.

To remove tarnish from crevices in
silver, try this; cut a cork to a point,
dip it in silver polish and use it as
a tool, The cork never scratches.
Sometimes just a dry cork will do
the work.

Smite of the Week.

The teacher asked the pupils in the
fourth grade class, “who can tell me
what comes in like a Mon and goes
out like a lamb?”

“I know,” volunteered little Johnny
Jenkins, “Daddy”.

The centre of the earth is believed
Oe

not make comfortable reading, In the
United States today, after only 300
years of European settlement, more
than half the original forest cover
has disappeared, more than two-
thirds of the land is affected by soil
erosion, and the supply of many of
its most valuable minerals is running
out. :

In South Africa, erosion has reach-
ed the proportions of a national
scourge; according to the most re-
cent estimate, the land has only an-
other 25 years of productivity left at
the existing rate of wastage. In Aus-
tralia and New Zealand, the young-
est of the new lands, the position is
not much better.

* . *

With such experiences multiplying
before our eyes almost daily, it is
small wonder that men are beginning
to ask whether the good earth is any
longer able to carry the burdens put
upon it, and whether it will be cap-
able of sustaining the ever-increasing
population. ;

To the geographer’s way of think-
ing, the earth is still a very adequate
earth. I am not:unmindful of the
prophets of gloom who periodically
try to scare us into believing that
Nature is quitting the housekeeping
business, that she is tired of patch-

| ing up the scars of war, drought and

exploitation, and that the
cupboards will soon be bare.

True, there are areas where men
no longer gather any harvest save
weeds, but thera-are other areas (as
in the Punjab, the Sudan and our
own North American West) which
once were deserts, but now feed mil-
lions. And there are even. larger
areas — along the tropical and sub-
temperate margins of our habitable
earth — which, thanks to modern
scientific and technological advances,
may very well come to be numbered
among the world’s largest suppliers
of agricultural, mineral and gmanu-
factured products.

But whether all this means that
the world can continue to feed, let
alone provide an adequate standard
of living for its inhabitants, would
seem to depend largely upon the
readiness of engineers, architects,
regional planners, geographers and
governments to join forces in further-
ing the enjoyment — to quote the
words of the Atlantic Charter—‘by
all states, great or small, victor or
vanquished, of access on equal terms
to the trade and raw materials of the
world which are needed for their eco-
nomic prosperity.”

For one thing is perfectly certain:
no really adequate way of life for
any community can be maintained by
a Robinson Crusoe technique.

Dame Nature does her business on
the grand scale. When she hands
out her favors it is with a sublime

world’s

| disregard for geographical units, na-

tional boundaries. or military necessi-
ties. She recognizes no worlds with-
in her world. No single country was
given all the ingredients of the good
life—not ‘even Canada or the U.S.A.

—Ottawa Journal.

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easy-to-see charts and photos, and
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hotter than any human can| The United States contains ag-
2769! proximately 47,600 post offices, *

Newfoundland —
Will Vote
On Union

Question Of Joining
Canada Will Be Decided
By Referendum In May

ST. JOHN'S, Nfid.—Newfoundland-
ers Will have anh opportunity in May
to vote on the question of joining
Canada as a tenth province, it was
annouriced here.

The question of union with Canada
will be on the referendum to be sub-
mitted to the people of the island, it
was stated, although this had been
rejected by a national convention in
January.

Other alternatives on the
form, the government
will be:

One, responsible government.

Two, retention of commission BOv- |
ernment, with the understanding that
the latter form will be for an initial
period of five years.

Responsible government and reten-
tion of commission government were
recommended as possible forms by
the Newfoundland convention, but
proposed confederation with Canada
was voted down 29 to 16 by the con-
vention, Whose duty it was to recom-
mend potential forms of government
to the British Commonwealth office.
The British government was the final
authority on what would appear on
the ballot forms.

ballot
announced,

Solid Ivory Statue
Of Mohandas Gandhi

BOMBAY.—A 80-inch-high statue
of Mohandas K. Gandhi in ivory—be-
lieved to be the largest ivory statue
in existence—has been sculptured
from one of the largest tusks ever
imported from Africa into this coun-
try.

Righty-two pounds of solid ivory
were used for the statue which shows
Gandhi with staff in hand setting out
on his march in 1930 when he went

Mew Fevhions Featere Fallmess And Ruffles ~

Princess Elizabeth To Rule British
Commonwealth ‘During King’s Tour

LONDON.—Princess Blizabeth will |

wet her first big chance to “rile” the

early next year.
She will head a Council of State,
comprising four or

aret tour the “down under’ Domin-
ions.

Tt will be her most important and
extended experience in practical. af-
fairs of state.

As heiress presumptive to the

member of the Council.

Throne, Elizabeth will serve as senior

} be a counsellor.
the wife or husband of & sovereign,

legal age next in direct succession |
may form the regency. |

Those eligible to join the Princess |
are the Duke of Gloucester, the

succession; the Princess Royal, the

sons, Viscount Lascelles and Gerald
Lascellés.

Three of these—the Duke of Glou-|
cester, the Princess Royal and her
elder son—were state counsellors dur-

Counsellors are armed with most

bishops, and to change the uniform |
of any of the armed services. The)
Signatures of all members of a coun-

King’s younger brother and third in|
|

King’s widowed sister; and her two}

great new battleship, which Carried
the King, Queen and two Princesses

British Commonwealth when her par-|to South Africa,
ents visit Australia and New Zealand |

Tt was thought probable the Royal
Family would leave England in Jan-

| Wary or early February, taking slong,
five members,|as to South Africa, a retinue of about
chosen to act for the King while he, |
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Marg-|

30.

The distant dominions. naturally
are disappointed that Elizabeth and
Philip are not going along. By way
of consolation they are making the
‘most of rumors that the Princess and
|her husband might visit them later
next year. Pigh court sources how-
}ever simply repeated tha the royal

j}couple’s plans did not include trips
Her husband, Prince Philip, cannot |

Under the law, only |

abroad for ‘quite some time”,

’ sis
the heir presumptive and others ot | Husbands Should

Share Leisure Time

In homes. were Papa works an
eight-hour, five-day week and Mama
—with Several small children to care
for— works & 14-hour, seven-day
week, things are pretty unequally di-
vided,

But women probably don’t want

|the home completely changed to cut
| down on their hours.

ing the South African tour last year. |

Any over-worked housewife in the
country would probably settle for

of the King’s powers. They are for-| this simple solution. Take the Teisure
|bidden, however, to dissolve Parlia- |
ment, to create new peers, to appoint

time of the husband and divide it so
that the “wife gets half,

If the husband gets Saturday and
Sunday off, how about his taking
over at home one day and giving his

Cathy Downs, (left), models a Juliette Gallian original gown for informal dinners, The fine white lace lends
a romantic feeling in the long, full sleeves, the pleated ruffle around the throat, down’ the front and on the cuff
of the sleeve, While the skirt of heavy silk taffeta, with self cummeérbumd waistline, finishéd with full ruffles of
black net, highlighted With black sequins, gives a dramatic effect. Janet Leigh, (right), shows the way to late
styles with a full-skirted petticdat under her white wafffe pique dress. Hand painted cherry leaves decorate the
bodice and skirt or the dress and as ah added fillip, artificial cherries are sewn on to the design.. The ¢yelet-tip-
ped ruffle of the petticoat in this Lil’ Alice of California ensémble, is trimmed with cherry-red ribbon to blend
with the lining of

cil are required on state papers.

Of the Australasian tour itself,
Buckingham Palace had “nt the
slightest detail’.

Presumably the voyage will be
made in H.M.S. Vanguard, Britain’s

| wife a day of rest and relaxation ?

| To ‘even up a family’s work
wouldn’t take anything more radical
|than for husbands to acknowledge
|the fact that a family’s lefSure ought
Ito be divided up.

IRISHMEN, AIDED BY RABBITS, TURN
UP HOARD OF GOLD COINS

DU BLIN.— Three Irish woods
workers, aided by a family of rab-

) ‘The hoard was found in what was
called the ‘‘pale” area of Ireland, be-

to the seashore to protest against the
salt tax.

STERLING, Ill.—R. C. Bailey re-
ported to police that a spare tire and
some clothing were stolen from his
automobile. He said the car was
parked in an alley. Police fined him
$1 for illegal parking in an alley.

the split-cap sleeves.

PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S
ORCHID IS DEHYDRATED

NEW YORK. — The white orchid
that topped Princess Elizabeth’s wed-
ding cake has been dehydrated and
is expected to retain its natural color
and shape for five years, the British
Travel Association said. The associa-
tion said the dehydration process was
begun after the wedding last Novem-
ber and completed at the Bronx Bo-
tanical Gardens here.

INDIA

VEyeT Te

» Stamps courtesy, Imperial Stamp Shop, Toronto

Recent new issues include (top left to right), Nyasaland’s hew design,
Australia’s stamps showing Hereford bull and alligator, Indian stamp to
mark independence; (lower left to right), new Indian airtnail with date of
independence, Madagascar postage due design, and India’s new flag on In-

dependence Day issue,

Czechoslovakia, a favorite Euro-
pean republic with stamp collectors,
was again in the news recently, Its
president, Dr. Eduard Benes, has just
appeared again on a new stamp issue,
and new stamps can be expected with
the recent change in government,

Czechoslovakia first appeared to
stamp collectors as one of the sev-
eral European republics founded after
the First World War. Its first stamps
were issued in 1918, featured the
Hradcany Palace at Prague, which
again recently was the site of an his-
toric meeting, that at which Presi-
dent Benes swore in the new cabinet.

First person featured on Czech
stamps was that of first president,
Thomas Masaryk. That was in 1820,
and later that year stamps featuring
symbols of the republic’s founding
were issued. Since then there have
been many stamps of Thomas Ma-
saryk, followed by colorful stamps of
the ancient country’s scenery and
buildings, many of which have figur-
ed in the news in recent years.

Commemorative stamps began to
be issued in 1920, the first to the
1,000th anniversary of the death of
King Wencelas. In 1932 there was
a set to the centenary of the birth
of Dr, Miroslav Tyrs, founder of the
national Sokol games movement, If
1934 stamps were issued to cémpos-
ers Dvorak and Smetana, whose
music is world famous. That year
there was also a set to the 20th an-
niversary of the Czechoslovakian
Legion which fought on the allied
side in the First World War.

There have been other commem-
oratives sitioe. President Benéy first

succeeded Masatyk, who died the fol-
lowing year and a mourning stamp
was issued. Various ‘stamps have
been issued to exploits of the Czecho-
slovak Legion. fn 1945, after the
country was liberated from the Ger-
mans, a set appeared featuring
Czechoslovak heroes who served in
the allied armies. During the Ger-
man occupation, from 1939 to 1945,
many stamps were issued along simi-
lar lines to those of the republic, for
the German designated areas of Bo-
hemia and Moravia, and Slovakia,

Who's Who on Postage Stamps.
Bedrich Smetana, who appears on a
1934 stamp of Céechoslovakia, was
the founder of modern Czech music.
He was born in 1824. He died in
1884, deaf and mentally ill. He wrote
many scores with political independ-
ence for his country as a theme. Best
known of his wotks today are “The
Bartered Brige”’ and “The Moldau”,

New issues. Atsttalia is to issue
three stamps this year to men who
have helped, develop Australia, stamps
being issued to Sir F. J. H. von Muel-
ler, government botanist; William J.
Farrar, wheat breeder, and Henry
Lawson, poet. Indian state of Baha-
Walpur has issued commemotative
stamp to its first ruler, 200 years
ago. India is to issue stamps com-
Memorating Ghandi, Bahamas set to
300 yeats of colonization will feature
native industries and séenéry.

The railfoads of Great Britain, now
under govefnment eoritrel, operate
62,000. miles of track; enping 695,-
000 men afd Women; tfavel 373,000,-
000 miles &-yeat, and carry 1,000,000-

appeared on stampe in 1986 when he|000-pasnengers a year. . Meo

Band To Play
In Church

BURY, Lancashire—Vicar A. Wa-
Sey was disappointed over the size
of the congregations Who attended
his. evening services.

But 650 people attended his All
Saints’ church when Billy Hawkins
and his dance band played sacred
pieces and saxophone and trumpet
solos during the time usually devoted
te a sermon. The average congrega-
tion is 120.

“This is mo stunt,” éxplained the
Rev. A. Wasey, the 44-year-old Vicar.
“You could not expect a parson to
get so many people inside a church
for his serrhnon.”

He claimed justification, for organ-
izing the service in “the power of
music to stir the emotions.”

The band — thtee trumpets, two
trombones, five saxophones, a piano,
double bass.and tympah—played for
45 minutes, with the church's leading
chorister, 10-year-old Barry Atkin-
son, as soloist:

OUR COSTLIEST COMMODITY

By Joseph Lister Rutledge

In day8 when all prices seem to
be getting’ out of reason, fear still
remains as the costliest commodity
that any of us can know,

Men and women and children are
Starving in this world. Probably
half its people have never known
what it was to have all the food
they needed, Our world needs almost
everything to help it get on its feet
again so that it can achieve even
that meagre way of life. Yet every
year that same world now at peace,
is spending $27.4: billions for armies
and armaments to give us what;
Nothing ‘but protection from fear of
one anothet. There are still 19 mil-
lion men in the armies of the world.
That is more men under arms, and
twice the expenditures for arma-
ment that obtained in that ominous
year 1939, when peace was rocking
on its foundations. Now, when we
have fought things out to a finish,
we are still afraid. And that fear is
costing a starving world $16 for
every man, woman and child living
anywhere in the world today. Any
way you look at it, does it make
sense?

ee Smee cement ame

BRITAIN’S STUDENTS HELP
NATION IN THEIR VACATION

Over 1,000 students from Britain's
universitiés will help to make visit-
ing Olympie athletes comfortable.
Arrangements have beéh made be-
tween the National Union of Stu-
dents and the Olympiad Organising
Committee for them to undertake a
widé variety Of jobs in camps and
hostels where contestants will be ac-
commodated, They fange from that
of the housé supérintendent down to
caterers afid éleanefé. In addition 80
students with thé necessaty lahguageé
qualifications will act a# receptions
ists and interpreters.

The thickhess of poreélain enamel
coatings on itoh afid steél hés been
lessefiéd in recent yedts with im-
proved metals arid enamels.

Pas Wee

“V.C. OF SCOUTING” AWARDED
BOY, 15 — Winner of the Cornwall
Badge, called the Victoria Cross of
Scouting, is Peter Bullock, 15-year-
old student of Pickering college, Pick-
ering, Ont., and St. Anne de Bellevue
Boy Scout; who lost an arm in an ex-
plosion last year. Peter “underwent
great suffering in an heroic manner,”
the award said.

Males Living Longer,
But Women Do Befter

NEW YORK.—American males are
living longer than they used to but
they still aren't doing as well as the
women,

The Metropolitan Life ‘Insurance
Compahy says in 1900, the average
white male infant had 40 chances in
100 of reaching age 65. Now, the
company reports, his chances are 60
in 100.

In 1900, however, the average white
female infant had 45 chances in 100
of reaching the same goal, Now her
chances are 75 in 100,

GOOD REASON FOR
WANTING HAT BACK

éoncéaled inside the band.

AIRLINES HOSTESSES

Less than 5
eré, héeafly

eases leave annually to be married.) oy about slot machiné enistots Placed at strategic spots in public places,
eént marry passen-| By dropping & péfmy in t
y pping
pércent marry airliné| 444 makea
reonhél, the Alr Transport Asso-| mirror.

Ciation @f América reports.

Forty-five per cent of Airline host- charge for using the mifror!

bits, have uncovered a hoard of gold| yond which Catholics were prohibited
coins believed buried by an Irish; to go in Cromwell’s time on his or-
Army paymaster when Oliver Crom-| ders.

well invaded the Emerald Isle three! Dr: W. O'Sullivan, coin expert of
centuries ago, it was. reported. | the National Museum, said it was

The hoard, tentatively valued at|highly probable the hoard was bur-
$8,000 but worth much more at pres-|ied by the treasurer of the Irish
ent day gold prices, was found in the Army which retreated before Crom-
woods near Port Arlington, 40 miles] well.
®est of Dublin. Some of the coins were of Italian,

The three men who found the coins Spanish, French and English origin.
—Joe Clarke, Joe Maher and Mike Three of the most valuable coins were
Daly—were awarded $1,200 each for pistoles, struck in Dublin in 1546.
surrendering the coins to the Na- Pistoles usually were made of ladies’
tional Museum. gold trinkets melted down into tiny

Clarke and Maher said they found | °ins to pay off the military.
the hoatd when they saw a rabbit Each of the pistoles is worth about
drop something at the mouth of its $1,000 as & collector's item, since
bultow while they were passing with there are only nine others believed
& load of timber. beacuse tae

They investigated and discovered! ,, :
the rabbits were house-cleaning their| New Discovery By
purrow of gold coins, Digging, they | ss . p °
found undteds of coins in a nie CAIEGGO Physician
with a few remnants of a wooden
box nearby. a

Mike Daly came in for a share of
ithe reward the next day when he | and “meatless steaks’, and perhaps
investigated deeper and fotind an-|\feht old-age, a Chicago physician
other 51 coins. | Announced:

The most recent coin in the collec- The green magic is chlorophyll, the
tion was datéd 1651. It was a Crom-| pigment in plants that takes energy
wellian unit valued at the time at a | from sunlight to make food from wa-
Sovereign. It was still bright, indi-}ter and air. It’s one mysterious es-
cating it had been buried soon after | sential in photo-synthesis, the basis
minting. ‘of all life.

OMAHA. — The green magic of
(plant life now can be put into. pills
| to give humans some cheap vitamins

-

ON THE Sipe: ty &. ¥ Birling

FEMININE HYPNOTIST

Distinétly rare type of entertainer is a feminine hypnotist. Ever see
oné? I never have, However, there are females so engaged. An outstand-
ing example is Koringa, the European entertainer, This young woman not
only hypnotizes human beings but also puts wild beasts into @ trance. Inci-
dentally, the study of hypnotism has become a popular pastime in many
sections of this country. A number of young women are reported among
the more enthusiastic students. It has been claimed nobody can be hypno-
tized unless they co-operate with the hypnotist. Several hypnotists have
recéntly proven this belief to be erroneous. There is one London hypnotist
who can throw people in a trance by just gazing at them in a bus or a
street car. The thought of a woman being able to hypnotize a man whether
he liked it or not is somewhat frightening. Think of the things your wife
could make you do if she could hypnotize you. She might even hypnotize
you into doing the -housework on your day off,

OVER THERE

Mille. Polaire, Parisian danseusé of the yesteryear, claimed to have the
smallest waist in the world. It measured thirteen inches and could be span-
ned by a man’s hands, That was Mlle, Polaire’s natural measurement. She
did not wear corsets. The extent to which some females will go to achieve
an outstanding example ot the “wasp waist’ style is shown by the fact
| some women with waists measuring twenty-four inches have them laced
into seventeen inches,

S ecinetnetnesinetinetient

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TWINS
There is absolutely nothing to the claim a woman married to a man of
| Irish birth of descent ig more likely to become the mother of twins than
| the average wife, So states an expert on the subject who says twins are
passed down on the feminine side. 5
HUSBAND HUNTING

In the 20 to 44 year age group there are 2,000,000 more single men than
single women, Commentators on this situation invariably state it proves it

MINNBAPOLIS. — 8. D. Stockin| isnt’ as hard to get a husband as is continually alleged, The fact is, the
asked police to help him recover his| average young woman has néver stated it is hard to get a husband. “They
hat which he gaid a thief stole while | *4Y, however, it is hard to get the kin
hé was haviig lunch in & restaurant.

An did hat thé thief left doesn’t
fit, he complained: His own fit him) ;ych more than the average man,
perfectly because he had $150 in bills| husband who is hér intelléctual and sultura! equal.

of a husband they want. In some
cases the young women have pegged their matrimonial dreams too high,
There definitely is & great shortage of “dream men” i.¢., ‘handsome fellows
with fanty incomes, Then the a girl goes in for self-improvement
his naturally inspires her to seek a
i That makes her hus-

band hunting moré difficult.

MIRRORS

In the roomé reservéd for ladies at bus stations in England there is a
What a test of the money saving instinct of
a woman that must be! There may be the germ of a wonderful idéa in this.

e diot a woman could look at her hat, Nair-do
look in a full-length

in & Small mirfot. For a nickel she coul
is & great

All right, al right, sneer if you like, but f hirik
money-making idea.

)

$

New Traffic Gadget Clocks Speed

THE CHRONICLE,

Of”

Cars Passing It On Busy- Roadways

(By HAROLD KEEN, Central Press Canadian)
San Diego, Cal—For years, policemen and highway safety engineers

have struggled with the problem of es

timating the speed of an approaching

vehicle without having to swing around and follow it through hazardous

traffic,

Today, R. B. Luckenbach, California division of highways safety engi-

neer, believes he has the solution, To

determine how fast an oncoming car

is travelling, he need only place a gadget-filled suitcase by the side of the
road, flick a switch and let electronics do the rest.
When an auto zips by, a hand spins on a speedometer-type dial and

points to the speed with pinpoint acc

uracy, according to Luckenbach, who

inspired thagglesign of the new apparatus,
Luckenbach is putting the device into operation here to improve safety

on highways.

In California such evidence as furnished by his “electronic

eye” cannot be used in court to convict a speeder,

After designing a highway on th
limit the legal maximum speed to 35

e basis of known safety factors that
miles an hour, for example, Lucken-

bach can use his “magic meter” to clock the average speed of traffic.
If he finds that cars are travelling at 40 or more miles an hour, and

that the rate of accidents is extremely
ought to be revised.

The reverse situation, of course,
applies if the accident rate at 35
miles an hour is unusually high. How-
ever, the important thing is to deter-
mine how fast traffic actually is
travelling, and that’s where the elec-
tronic eye fits into the safety picture.

The device also is used for measur-
ing average speed between traffic sig-
nals so that they may be set to pro-
vide a smooth flow of cars at a safe
pace, Time lengths between signal
changes vary with the time of day.
These can be determined by measure-
ments of speeds in correlation with
traffic volume.

What happens to traffic when a
motorcycle officer suddenly appears
on the scene? Luchenbach has meas-
ured the psychological effect of this
phenomenon.

“The average motorist slows dpwn
10 miles an hour when he notices a
policeman on the highway,” he says.

An engineering firm developed the
electronic ¢ye for Luckenbach at his
request. Its engineer, John Barker,
tackled the problem in the sonic field.
At first echoes from buildings and
hills interefered with the sound waves
which the meter was to record.

Eventually Barker overcame the
difficulty. The meter now is essen-
tially a broadcasting and receiving

SPEED CHECK—R. B. Luckenbach poses with the

low, he knows that his safety factors

Also, he can recommend posting of higher speed signs,

set housed in a packing case, Luck-
enbach places a box containing tubes
for broadcasting and receiving atop
the case.

Two other boxes have complex
electronics equipment and a quadrant
dial. All are linked by electric
cables, one of which is clamped to
an automobile’s electric system for
power.

|

When the switch is turned on, the
needle begins dancing across the dial,
recording the speed of each passing
car by use of the “Doppler principle”,

This is best understood by com-
parison with the whistle of an ap-
proaching locomotive. The closer it
gets, the higher the whistle pitch be-
comes. This is because the sound
waves are shortening. Then, as the
locomotive passes and moves toward
the opposite horizon, the whistle tone
grows deeper as the sound waves
lengthen.

Electronic waves reflected from a
moving vehicle do the same, The
faster the car approaches, the more
rapidly do the sound waves shorten.
The speed meter calibrates this
change and shows the result in miles
per hour. ‘

As though he were a “ham” radio
operator, Luckenbach had to get his
electronic eye licensed by the federal
communications commission. ~ He has
a call letter, W6XYD, ‘and operates
on 2,455 megacycles.

oe

[RR

Motorcar Industry -
Breaking All Records

Britain is exporting more cars than
ever before in the 50-year history of
the motor industry. In 1946, the
monthly rate was 7,200, in 1947, 11,-
900. In January of this year, it rose
to 16,000 or 67% of output. This
was apart from the 5,000 commercial
vehicles and buses exported.

WAR MEDALS TO
COST CANADA $2,500,000
OTTAWA.—The government esti-
mates it will cost $2,500,000 for war-
won campaign stars and medals in
the next fiscal year.
The estimate said the figure includ-
ed the cost of distribution.

Humming birds construct exquisite
nests of shreds of bark, soft grass or
cottony substances. 2769

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Oddities In News —
This Is It!

Farmer Sheldon Anton at .Ce-
dar Rapids, Ia. was astonished
to find 18 inches of a broomstick
protruding between the ribs of
one of his Holstein cows. The
cow, purchased at a sale last fall,
had not been doing well and a
short time ago developed an ab-
acess on her side. It ruptured
and the broomstick popped out.
How the stick got into the cow’s
stomach remained a mystery.

The continent of Australia has an
area of 2,974,581 square miles,

CROSSFIELD,

ALTA

BEEF BREEDERS CONFERENCE—Prominent in the various sessions

of the Edmonton Beef Breeders conferences were, left to right: Lyle W.
Robinson, Vermilion, president of the Alberta Shorthorn Club; His Worship

Mayor Ainsley, of Edmonton; and C.

Cc. Matthews, Calgary, who presided

Over the joint meeting of all three Breed Associations.

Polymyxin, Powerful New Germ-

Killer Cures Dangerous Infections

BALTIMORE.—Successful clinical use of a new powerful germ-killer,

Polymyxin, is described by John Hopkins hospital physicians.

They report

swift cures of undulant feyer, whooping cough and other dangerous infec-

tions.

Beyond that, the drug may lead to mankind’s final triumph over an
ancient curse—Bubonic plague, It will be sent to India to determine how
it works against the Black Death, they said. p

Typhoid and paratyphoid fever, certain wound infections, types of men-
ingitis, various urinary tract infections, tularemia (rabbit fever), bload poi-
soning, and bacillary dysentry also are among diseases against. which the
doctors found polymyxin “uniquely effective”.

The drug is derived from bacillus polyxa.
monly found in ‘soil, water, sewage and muck, the doctors said.
yet available for general clinical use.

It is not

A nine-year-old boy, near_death from a skin eruption with a secondary
infection, was the first human to be treated with the new drug.
Physicians injected it in the form of. a white powder under his skin.

He was well in eight days.

One big advantage polymyxin has over the other recent “wonder drugs”
is that the germs it attacks do not develop a resistance to it.

GARDEN
NOTES #8

Layouts

For the average layout around the
home, it is advisable to use a
combination of vines, shrubbery,
trees, perennial flowers and the lat-

,|ter planted in clumps, make the best

background, In front of this, groups
of smaller shrubs end larger peren-
nial flowers can be planted with the
room between, especially when the
shrubbery is still small, filled in’ with
clumps of annuals, Along the front
tiny edging plants are used, then will
come a piece of green lawn, Use
clumps rather than straight rows and
@ wavy edge along the front of the
bed is preferred to straight edges. In
the foreground, of course, will be the
lawn, the shrubbery acting as the
main frame for the general picture.
Good Equipment Helps

With a small garden all the tools
needed are a rake, a hoe and a spade
or digging fork. These are minimum
requirements. With a little more
equipment much labor can be saved.
Digging forks, cultivators, special
weeders, dutch hoes, etc., will make
the work easier and more interesting.

For larger gardens a small garden
tractor that will cultivate, plow, etc.,
might be considered. They are not
expensive and are very cheaply oper-
ated. One can get all sorts of at-
tachments to go with them—lawn
mowers, cultivators, mowers for cut-
ting tall grass and weeds—even
snowplows.

A sharp hoe or cultivator will
speed the work. It is.a good plan to
wipe off all dirt between operations,
and a little. oil or grease smeared on
the shiny surfaces is recommended.
Main Vegetable Groups

Vegetables divide themselves into
three main planting groups—hardy,
medium and tender. The first are
planted just as soon as the soil can
be prepared regardless of the wea-
ther ahead. They will stand a little
frost and must make their — first
growth while the weather is still cool
and wet. In this class are peas, the
first onions, carrots and beets, rad-
ish, spinach and lettuce. Make the
first planting just as soon as the
soil has worked up nicely and is no
longer muddy. Make a practice of
sowing beets, radish, spinach, car-
rots, etc., at least three times, about
two weeks apart.

Next are semi-hardy things like
potatoes, the first corn, beans and
cabbage, which will stand cool wea-
ther but very little frost. Next come
the tender things that can. stand no
frost at all. such as melons, cucum-
bers, tomatoes, pumpkins. Do not
plant these until both soil and air
are warm.

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PARCELS NOT BARRED |
TO PALESTINE FORCES

OTTAWA.—tThe suspension of par-
cel post to Palestine Feb. 28 will not
affect gift parcels sent to members
of the British armed forces in Pales-
tine or members of the Palestine po-
lice force, the Post office Department
announced,

The department said that gift par-
cels limited to 20 paunds will be ac-
cepted here and transmitted to the
United Kingdom where they will be
routed to Palestine through British
military postal facilities.

Moroccan children of the 17th cen-
tury were not allowed to eat candy
because it was considered a war-
rior’s food.

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HAPPENINGS

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BRIEFLY TOLD

Banning of the Communist party
will be urged in the South African
house of assembly by Dr. D. F. Ma-
lan, Nationalist opposition leader.

Britain is accelerating the repatria-
tion of German prisoners of War. All
except those who choose to remain
will have left by the end of July.

A five cent stamp issued in Van-
couver Island in 1865 with no perfor-
ation was sold in Bond street, Lon-
don, for five hundred pounds recently.

Dartmouth Naval College, where
many British naval officers are train-
ed, will open its doors next Septem-
ber to any 16-year-old boy who has
the required ability,

Senator Ian Mackenzie, former
Canadian minister of veterans affairs,
will receive an honorary degree of
doctor of laws at the University of
Edinburgh July 2.

Canada’s gross debt at last Jan-
uary 31 was $17,327,820,956, compar-
ed to $3,540,237,614 at March 31,
1938, the Government said in a re-
turn tabled in the Commons.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston,
publishers, have announced that
Winston Churchill, former Prime
Minister of Britain, had completed
the first volume of His Second World
War memoirs, and had delivered the
250,000-word manuscript.

LONDON.—Princess Elizabeth and
her husband Prince Philip will not
occupy Clarence House, their bomb-
damaged London residence, until Bri-
tain’s ministry of works finishes re-
pairing it. The work will take about
@ year.

CLASSMATES
Henry Wadsworth Longfllow and
Nathaniel -Hawthorne were class-
mates at Bowdoin college, Bruns-
wick, Maine.

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A Dollar

By ROGER 8S. VREELAND

For Luck

LITTLE girl in a pale yellow

bathing suit went running past
him, interrupting his thoughts. Her
dark hair in damp irregular strands
flopped up and down on her shoul-
ders. Suddenly she dropped on one
knee before him, staring momentar-
ily into the clover oblivious of his
presence, Just as quickly, she rose
and continued on her way.

He called to her. “Think it was a
four-leaf?”’

With surprise she looked back and
grinned briefly. It was a wide, freck-
ly grin.

“Yes! For a minute!” she laughed
sh;ly, without slackening the pace of
her angly legs.

Michael began to finger the leaves
himself and his thoughts drifted back
into the channel they had left. His
six solid feet of man lay in the clover
near the edge of the sand, big tan-
ned back turned to the blazing sun,
clean broad chest nestled in the cool
soft green. His trunks were still
damp from a long, hard swim, Even
in the water he had isolated himself,
pushing out with leisurely power al-
most to the marshy shores opposite,
then back. And instead of stretch-
ing out on the sand'‘like others, he
chose the clover.

Funny, the lengths a fellow will
go to avoid the direct course! Mich-
ael had thought of going directly to
Angela and saying he was sorry, that
it all was his fault. Trouble was, that
would leave him no harbor of refuge
should Angela tilt her pretty little
chin disdainfully.

Raising his own chin out of the
jclover, his eyes from behind the dark
lenses wandered among the people
in front of, the clubhouse. They were
all in swim suits. Michael wondered
what she looked like, now. It was
hard to know what seven and a half
years might do. He doubted that
there could be much change in her
chin! Seven and a half years ago
they were really children, unstable,
unprepared to weather first storms.
But no longer could he doubt that
they had been in love.

A mysterious nostalgia passed
through him, misty at’ first. He and
Angela had once searched for a four-
leave clover. Ah, yes. Now it was
clear! It was high on Johnnycake
Hill—a glorious June day nearly
eight years ago. They'd found one,

too, and within the same hour Angela |

had said yes, that she wanted to be
his forever.

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An aura of delicious melancholia
enveloped him.

Angela, he knew, was here, some-
where, at this resort. Yes, it-was a
pretty direct course he was taking at
that! But he was keeping close to
shelter, He'd been too stubborn. But
he still loved her. Maybe the adage
about absence making the heart grow
fonder was corny, but in his case it
was poignantly true. Life was too
short. He had sought isolation too
much. Too afraid of injury, perhaps.
Unthinking: friends had torn them
apart, Now, unthinkingly, they would
bring them together. Leads about
Angela had not been hard to find.
She was here, somewhere.

Clutching a handful of clover, with
a nervous impulse he pulled it out
and tossed it to the breeze. One bit
of green stuck to his palm and he
started to flick it away. It was with
an almost childish glee that he spied
its four little lobes pressed against
his skin.

The little girl in the pale yellow
bathing stit came running on her
way back to the clubhouse. He called
to her.

“I’ve got what you want!”

She turned with uncertainty.

“A four-leaved clover!” He held
it up.

Her face lighted. She took it tim-
idly.

“You don’t suppose for a minute

there’s really anything to it, do
you?” he asked. ‘I mean the good
luck, It’s just a little freak of na-

; ture, you know.” ©

But her face remained unclouded
by his cynicism. “I’m afraid you're
| wrong, sir! My mother says the only
good luck she ever had came on the
day she found one of these!” She
held it up and her eyes brightened
triumphantly. “Not only .that, but
she'll give me.a quarter for this!”

Michael found himself sharing her

triumph, “Gosh, in that-case you
;must be right! What about your
daddy? Does he believe in’ them
too?”

She looked doubtful. ‘I’ve never
seen my Daddy.’ The corners of her
mouth pointed to a pair of dimples
land her eyes flickered wistfully.
|“That’s just it. My mother says that
|she found Daddy and a -four-leaved
|clover at the same time—and that I
| would never have been, if it weren’t
|for.a four-leaved clover!” re
| Michael suddenly found it hard to
talk. ‘What became of your daddy?”
he managed,
| “Oh, they just didn’t get along I
| guess,” she said tossing her head
| sideways and attemping to sound ma-
ture. “They were, hu-incompatible.”

He raised to a sitting position.
“Your name is Angela, isn’t it?”

“Why, yes!”.she replied with obvi-
ous astonishment. “How did you
know that?”

“Angela—" He spoke gravely. “Do
|you think your mother still loves
| your daddy?”

Her eyes were gazing into his won-
deringly. Slowly she nodded her
| head up and down.

“Then, do me a favor, Angela!
'Give me back the four-leaved clover.
| Will you?” But suddenly he realized
the necessity of being practical, “You
won't lose anything! I'll give you a
dollar for it!”

Enthusiasm banished the wonder-
|ing in her eyes, “Okay, Mister!” She
|held jt toward him, its little stem
delicately between her finger and
| thumb.
| Michael took it—and kissed it.
| Then curiosity bulged in her face.
|“Say, why do. you want it?”
“Because I want to give it to your
mother myself. Will you show me
| where she is?”
/'There was something about her little
| chin... ;
Angela reached out her hand, smil-
ling. “This way,” she said. “Don't
|forget the dollar!”

(Copyright Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate)

|JUDGE STAMPS DOWN

|ON SPEEDING MOTORISTS

| NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.—Mag-
|istrate H. G. Johnston in Police Court
| warned that all motorists who appear
| before him on speeding charges will
|have their driver’s licences suspend-
| ed,

Continuing his battle against
| speeding, the magistrate fined Albert
H. Lewis, $75 and suspended his li-
| cence. three months.
| Magistrate Johnston declared: ''Mo-
|torists must learn to govern their
speed in accordance with the law.”

DON’T ASK LADY
ABOUT HER SLIP

VANCOUVER.
pen,

A traffic officer inquired of a
pretty motorist involved in an
accident: “Have you a pink slip,
lady?”

“It's none of your business.”
Slap!

(British Columbia recently in-
troduced a motor vehicle insur-
ance law. Motorists having in-
surance.carry pink cards.)

It had to hap-

Side saddles for women were first
used in England by Queen Anne in
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4775
By ANNE ADAMS

Wings For Your Angel

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Pattern 47175 comes in sizes 2, 4,
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Western Briefs

WOOD MOUNTAIN, Sask. — Con-
struction of a concrete swimming
pool will commence shortly at Wood
Mountain old post, an historical spot
located five miles south of here. It
is expected that the pool will be in
operation by June 15.

* * * *

WINNIPEG. — Announcement. by
Premier Stuart Garson in the Mani-
toba legislature that the long-sought-
after highway between Flin Flon and
The Pas will be constructed resulted
in’ prediction that its completion
would open unlimited possibilities for
northern Manitoba.

Gs ows %

CALGARY.—An 11-year-old burg-
lar who broke into a city home was
apprehended by a housewife and free-
ly admitted his act. He allegedly
took a game-of monopoly, flashlight
and a microscope set from the home.

* * ° *

VICTORIA.—Restriction of the use
of white canes in British Columbia
to blind persons will become law in
the province if the legislature ap-
proves a bill to be introduced by Pro-
vincial Secretary George Pearson.

* * * tl

KIMBERLEY. — Canadian Legion
post plans a $210,000 recreation
building here as soon as a suitable
site can be acquired, council has been
informed.

* * * *
EDMONTON.—St. Stephen's theo-
logical college of the University of
Alberta uses a large recording ma-
chine to train the voices of students
for. the ministry. The machine's
primary purpose is to perfgc¢t enunci-

ation and voice delivery.

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1 cup boiled rice

14 cup sugar

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Yolks only may be used, Meringue
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MACAROON WHIP

1 pint whipping cream

1 cup crushed macaroons
44 cup powdered sugar
Few grains salt

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be piled in sherbet glasses and chilled
in the refrigerator or it may be froz-
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Eleven Canadian lakes are above
1,100 square miles in extent.

‘4

1S SOMETHING } NO, HE’S JUST TRYING

TO FIGURE OUT AN
EXCUSE TO STAY
HOME FROM WORK

Scientists Seek |

Gasoline From
Natural Gas

Vegreville, Alta., Chemical
Engineer, Is Successful In
Obtaining A Small Quantity
From Carbon Monoxide

EDMONTON. — The conversion of
natural gas to a cheap, high-quality
gasoline is one of the problems now
being studied by scientists at the
University of Alberta research labor-
atories.

Research men all over the conti-
nent have been working at the pro-
ject for years but as yet none have
succeeded in producing a method that
will make gasoline cheaply enough
to compete with that obtained from
petroleum. “At the university lab
here, gasoline has been made from
natural gas but not cheaply enough
to make it feasible. The project is
particularly important to Alberta
with its huge untapped sources of
natural gas.

Initial work on the synthesization
of gasoline was begun at the univer-
sity in 1943 by the late Dr. E. H.
Boomer, professor of chemical engi-
neering. Since his death, graduate
students have been conducting the
experiments.

Must Increase Yield

At present a 23-year-old chemical
engineer from Vegreville, Alta., Mich-
ael Chmilar, is taking his master of
science degree on the project. So
far he has obtained one-quarter of a
pound of gasoline from 85 cu. feet
of carbon monoxide. Theoretically,
twice that amount should be obtained
and he now is attempting to increase
the yield so the gasoline obtained
can compete with ordinary petroleum
gasoline,

Natural gas is converted to carbon
monoxide in the synthesis. The car-
bon monoxide is then combined with
hydrogen gas in the. “presence of
granulated cobalt metal at a tem-
perature of about 200 degrees. The
big problem at present is to find
something besides the cobalt metal
to combine the carbon monoxide and
hydrogen, It’s a big job—but Mr.
Chmilar is optimistic about the re-
sults.

Rules On Gifts
From U.S. Eased

OTTAWA. — Canada’s emergency
austerity regulations ha¥e been eased
slightly to permit Canadians to re-
ceive gifts valued up to $25 from the
United States.

However, a revenue department of-
ficial said that. such gifts would be
subject to normal duties. The con-
cession was granted primarily to pre-
vent hardship through prohibiting
such gifts as birthday and wedding
presents.

The official said that the limit on
goods which may be brought into
Canada from the United States has
not been altered except in the case
of unsolicited gifts.

The original regulation prohibited
the entry of gifts except those valued
at $5 or less which are traditionally
duty free.

”

A Twentieth Century Fund survey
reports that one-third of the Ameri-
can people live in areas without pub-
lic libraries. :

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DAUPHIN ICE QUEEN—Joan Jo-
hannesson, 19, chosen queen of the
recent winter carnival at Dauphin,
Man.

Canada’s Armed
Forces Now 33,827

OTTAWA.—Canada’s armed forces
have been reduced to 33,827 officers
and men in the active branches of
the army, air force and navy, the
government disclosed in a series of
written answers to parliamentary
questions.

Heaviest concentrations of strength
are in central, western and north-
western Canada.

The détenc€ department, replying
to questions from Maj. E. D, Fulton
(P.C.-Kamloops), said the army’s ac-
tive strength js 15,409 officers and
men,

Active strength of the R.C.A.F. is
11,636 of a total authorized strength
of 18,221.

The navy’s strength given as 6,782.

BUMPER POTATO CROP

EXPECTED IN FRASER VALLEY

NEW WESTMINSTER.—A bump-
er potato crop is expected in the
Fraser Valley this year. It is’ esti-
mated that at least 7,000 acres will
be planted in tubers which, barring
disease, should produce a $2,000,000
crop.

Farm operations have already
Started in parts of the valley and
some extra early crops are already
showing green,

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IT HAVE IT! TLL PLAY at

HOOKEY AND YOU SPEND

s THE DAY LOOKING
FoR ME!

For constant’ Smoking Pleasure

PALL RIGHT, IT DIDN'T WORK--BUT
DID YOU HAVE ANY
BETTER PLAN?

Set by Mountain View Council

Councillors Chas. Fox, H, Roed-
ler, H. Goetjen, W. H. Metz, F. J.
Niddrie, E. B. Dodd and W. J. Bag-
nall were all present at the re®luar
meeting of the Municipa) District
@#f Mountain View, No. 49, held in
Didsbury on Monday, April 5th.

The newly-elected councillors, E.
B, Dodd and W. J. Bagnall took the
oath of office and Chas. Fox was
re-eected reeve for 1948 while W
H. Metz was eected deputy reeve
foy the first six months.

Board members of the Rosebud
Health Unit are Councillors -Nid-
drie, Metz, Goetjen and Bagnall.

Agricultural Service Board mem-
bers are Councillors F. JJ, Niddrie,
chairman: Chas. Fox, Frank Laut, R.

C. Sheehan and district agriculturist,
Hugh McPhail

C. E. Reiber was appointed the
auditor for 1948

The following grants were pas-
sed: Salvation Army .$700; Insti-
tute for the Blind $300: Red Cross
$100 each to the branches at Olds,
Didsbury. Carstairs and Crossfield.

The Reeve and secretary were

empowered to enter into arrange-

ments with dealers throughout the

municipality to supply. gopher poi-
son to farme’s on the same basis as
last year. Under this arrangement

the farmer may secure gopher poi-
Son from the local dealer and at the
same time buy an equal amount
which will be paid fer by*the muni-
cipality.

An application for the purchase
of part of Railway, Avenue at Cre-
mona Was refused,

Approval was given to the leas-
ing of two yood allowances. One to
L,. M. Bird of Garfield on the west
of S. W..of 10-30-5 and the other
to H. Semrau of Olds on the south
of S. E., of 13-33-28-4 and the south
west of 18-33-27-4.

Approval was also given to the
Calgary Power Company. ito instal
a pole line fiom Crossfield to the
S. E. of 34-28-1-5 approximately 1
mile in length,

The following allo:a‘ions
made for each division for
work and gravelling in 1948.

Division 1 — $10,8850

Division 2 — $7,315

Division 3 — $11,100.

Division 4 — $1,580.

Division 5 — $9,937

Division 6 — $6,646

Division 7 — $10, 572

In addition to the above expendi-
tures will be added the annual road
grants received from the Depart-
aent of Public Works.

Raites of pay were fixed by Coun-
cil and provide for 70 cents an ‘hour
for a man and two horses; 95 cents
tm hour for a man and four horses;
20 cents an hour for. a team of
horses; 70 cents an hour for local
foreman; 60 cents an hour for extra
man on grader; $1.25 per hour. for
hire of smal] farm tractor; $1.50 an
hour for hire of medium farm trac-
tor and $1.75 per hour for hire of a
large farm

were
road

tractor,

Where work is done with munici-
pal equipment other than in the
Municipa} District of Mountain
View the charge for D-1 and D-8
tractors is $700 an hour to rate-
payers. and $10. to. non-ratepaye~

Fo: motor graders*the charge. is

#5 an hour to ratepayers and $8
hour to non-rai

For D-1 tractor and scraper the
charge is $15 an hour to ratepaye's
and $20 an hour to non-r

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an

payers

Llepayers.

Estimates Set

At the meeting of the Council of
the Municipal District of Mountain
View last -Monday, the secretary
estimated that expenditures for the
year 1948 would be $561,890.00.

This sum includes estimated dis-
counts on taxes at $40,000.

A break-down of the estimates
shows that $15,510 will be nceced
for administ:ation; $1,700 for pro-
tection of persons and property;
$161,486 for public works; $12,000

for public welfare; $5,810 for con-
servation of health; $36,891 for hos-
pitals; $224,596 foy education and
$45,000 for capital expendituure,
To raise the estimated $561,890
will require the folowing mil] rate
with the 1947 mill rate shown for

comparison.

Taves 1948 1947
Municipal 20 17
Olis 8. D. 20'% 17%
Red Deer S. D. 19 201%
Wheatland S. D. 20 16
Calgary S. D. 17 16
Village of Carstairs 22's 22
Town of Didsbury 23'y 20
Town of Olds 25'4 24
Olds Hospital 4 4
Didsbury Hospital 5's 4%

In pointing out the increase in
the 1948 taxes ratepayers are asked
to take into consideration the exces-
sive cost of snow plowing this year.
Municipal authorities estimate that
it will between $11,000 and
$12,000 for snow plowing in the
Municipality

The demand for gravel roads has
also been a factor in extra expendi-

cost

tures being provided for public
works.
Increased educational costs sare

the cause of the increased rate in
schoo] taxation.

The towns mentioned in the above
schedule represent the rural part
of the town School Districts and
are in No way associated with the
general expenses of the towns.

$$)

Brilliant Speakers
at Home &School
Olds Convention

Headed by Campbell Young of

Edmonton, four outstanding speak-
.ers will address sessions of the 17th
annual convention of the Alberta
Home and School Associations Which
is te be held at the Olds School of
Agriculture from Apri] 20th to 22nd
inclusive.

Mr. Young, Edmonton delegate to
the World Youth Conference in Oslo
in 1947 will be the featured speaker
at the banquet. His address will deal
with the topic “Religion Plays Its
Part in World Peace.”

The other chief addresses will -be
given by Mrs. Horace Burkholder of
Calgary, A. A. Aldridge, Provincial
Director of Guidance and Miss Mar-
ion Sutherland of Calgary.

* * 8 @ &

CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION

| Service Sunday, April 18th evensong at
| 7.30 p.m.

CROSSFIEL BAPTIST CHURCH

Minister Rev. J. W. MacDonald
Sunday services at 11 a.m.
Bikle School at. 12 noon

Thursc a 30° p.m
Thursday 7 p.m
Frica } Nn.

ervice uv sd west of
Aird € unday av 2.c0

UNITED CHURCH. ®

Crossfietd Sunday €cho 1}

Eveni Service 7.30
Madden Sunday School at 11.q.m.
Church. Service at 12. noon
Rev. C. W. Anderson, Minister

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Important: changes in. the Canadian Pacific Railway’s traffic de-
partment see C. E. Jefferson (top left) assume the position of general
traffic manager at Montreal, H. W. Gillis (top right), and Gerald
Hiam (bottom left) become system freight traffic managers at Mon-
treal, and G. F.-Buckingham (bottom right) taking over the post
of freight traffic: manager at Winnipeg for
United Sttaes Pacific Coast agencies.

37th Graduation
at O.S.A.

The graduating class this yea)
comprised 80 Boys and 42 girls all
of whom successfully completed the
examinations in Home Economics
and in Agriculture.

The actual graduation ceremonies
were preceeded by a banquet in
the main dining room of the schol
with Mr. F. N. Miller, principal, act-
ing as the toastmaster.

Following the banque:, M. W.
Malyon proposed the toast to the
graduating class. He traced the act-
ivities of the group in the school
in the field of athletics, socia] life
and in their studies, In closivz his
toast he said that ‘ie best wishes

of the staff of’ the hool. went
with this course of graduaics just
as it did wiih every grou;

Miss Rose Marie Fontaine of Eg-
méodnton responded ox behall of the
girl graduates.and Dave fok .of

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NO PIGE
NO ROAD WORK, WILL BE PAID FOR BY

THE MINICIP Al DISTRICT OF MOUNTAIN
VIEW No. 49, UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE

COUNCILLOR

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the Stars”, These were “self- Pushed each Friday. Subsortption

discipline,” “self-reverence” and self-
dedication.” Speaking on the latter
he said that it was his own exper-
ience that a young person never
fully discharged his indebtedness —
“indebtedness to parents, to teachers |
and the like.” Dr, Villett said that
there were about 40 people to whom
one owed a debt. He told the young |
graduates that ‘the only way that
they could discharge the debt was

BABY CHICKS

through service to their country Prices per 100 R.OP, Bired
| and their communitie: Leghoing: -...--..----.--.-.. 16.00
, S. f

WL, Pullets .......2.....4. 32.00
| | Rocks, Reds, Hamps. ....... 18.00
F B ; || Rock, Red, Hamp. Pullets.. 30.00
| red ecker || Wyandottes ....--.......... 18,00
| (fi W. L. Cockerels ...2........ 3,00
New headquarters for Heavy Cockerels -.......... 9.00

18.00
17.00

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|} Propane Gas Tanks and TA. Busser, Approved -. +. <0
Buff Orpingtons approved...

Bottles Buckeye Oil Brooders <...... 23.76

Plumbing and Fitting Silent Sioux Brooders ---.... 25.70
PRINGLE ELECTRIC
HATCHERIES

228-17 Ave’ Bast

Expert Service. See
me now.

Spring
Power Driven Post Augurs
Makes post hole digging a pleasure.

‘97 00
‘200°

On an average farm one bushel per acre increase will
pay for this machine.

Rubber change-over wheels for tiller, s et ‘46°

Weed Spraying Machines

Ask anybody that has used them about the differ-
ence in draft.

New blades for tillers will make your old machine as
good as new.

WILLIAM LAUT

The International Man
Associated with Mike’s Repair Shop. Equipped for
good service.

Western Canada and

ing the banquet were held in the
auditorium of the school. |

Rev. W..H. Moss gave the invoca- }
tion. F. N, Miller then addressed: |
the graduates. In his remarks he
:eviewed the past school term and
followed by inviting the graduates
to maintain their connections with |
the school through the alumni as-
sociation. Mir, Miller said that the
8.1.00] did not necessarily need any
publicity but he invited each and
every ofie of the students to tell

their friends about the school and | Modernf Service and

the facilities and opportunities that re
| Auto Court
|
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Diplomas were then presented to
the graduates. Worthy of special
mention were the following. Miss
Shirley Kearns of Maple Creek,
Saskatchewan was the only girl in
he svhool this year registered in
course in agriculture and she
received her diploma for this course.

Joe Clayton of Airdrie became the
fifth member of the Clayton family
o graduate and receive a diploma

it offered.
Agents for
B.A. PRODUCTS COCKSHUTT Machinery

A. STARR

Po De
tale

Phone 61 V. H. STEWART

from the @lds Echool of Agriculture.
Miss Salim Cunningham of Eng-
and flew out-from the Old Coun- =} a
yoke tae mnt couse ma | Crosstield Cold Storage
received h di Fhe now in-
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2 seondtbog OCKEeErsS
Roy Pes‘e}} Vanton was the | = 4 = 5 . ‘1.: .
isla how'ehe ont Ole We handle McCabe Feeds for Baby Chicks, Laying
Dr, Villet 91 of Alberta | Hens, Hogs and Catile.
panes Pe eoressed ° |! More and more people are taking advantage of our
ugh. the go on to higher RETAIL MEAT COUNTER.
itainments, the. occasion of this A full line of frozen Fruits and Vegetables. Fresh
gradua.ion would: be one.-of the

| FISH - MILK - BUTTER - EGGS
W. J. ROWAT, manager

—— For ——
CLEANER FIELDS

and ——
HIGHER YIELDS

GREEN CROSS WEED-Né)-MORE
Original Buty] Ester of 2-4-D
Is the economical and effective answer.
CHEMICAL COSTS ABOUT 90¢c PER ACRE.
FIELD SPRAYER ABOUT $195.00 and up.
with. 30 foot boom.
Order your weed killer and field sprayer.
for Spring Delivery.

H. McDonald and So

MASSEY-HARRIS FARM MACHINERY
Headquarters for Chemical Weed Control

tet our modern, }

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For that real meat flavor byy home killed Meats.

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